From childhood kidney disease to three transplants: Johanna's kidney warrior story
Dee Moore speaks with Johanna, who was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) as a young child after experiencing severe symptoms including swelling, nausea and headaches. Johanna shares how kidney disease has shaped every stage of her life, from childhood and adolescence through to adulthood, dialysis, transplantation and motherhood. Johanna talks about receiving multiple kidney transplants, the grief of transplant loss and her return to dialysis, and balancing the emotional uncertainty that can come with living with CKD long term with hope for the future.
